Jonathan "Trey" Hindman is your everyday little boy. He likes trucks and four-wheelers and dirt and mud. He loves to follow his older brothers Jay, 9, and Justin, 7, around and play his little heart out. But tragically, the three-and-a-half year old Trey, who lives with his brothers and parents, Tabatha and Mark, in a small town 30 miles north of West Memphis called Tyronza, has been sick in a hospital bed at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.

Trey, who was born on Aug. 6, 2007, was diagnosed pre-birth with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). According to the American Heart Association's website, www.americanheart.org, "In HLHS, the heart's left side - including the aorta, aortic valve, left ventricle and mitral valve - is underdeveloped."

While the cause is unknown and the defect is not correctable, there is a series of three heart surgeries to help the child live a normal life.

Trey's condition has sparked giving hearts all across Arkansas, reaching all the way to Russellville. Will McCrotty, whose wife Melanie is a friend and co-worker of Stephanie Long, a friend of the Hindmans, caught wind of the situation and said there was no way he could not help.

"One day, my wife came home talking about somebody at work who knew a 3-year-old that needed a heart transplant in order to live," McCrotty said. "We have a 3-year-old daughter, so to me that really touched base. What happens if that is my daughter? I would want people to help and try to build a support system."

McCrotty kept thinking about what he could do to help, and eventually decided on something he's well versed at: a baseball camp. He immediately began organizing into the Built Trey Tough Baseball Camp scheduled from 1-4 p.m. March 13 at the Gardner Gymnasium. The all-skills camp will be for kids 6 years of age and older and will cost $30. People who would like to can donate more than just the registration fee.

According to his mother Tabatha, Trey had two open-heart surgeries in the first two weeks of his life, and followed with another when he was 6 months old. He spent the next three years growing and playing as a normal little boy.

"Trey hadn't even been in the hospital since he was 6 months old," Tabatha said. "He has had his share of ear infections, but otherwise he was healthy."

Trey was scheduled to have what is known as the Fontan Procedure, but developed an abscess on his sternal scar that became infected and prevented him from being able to proceed to the final stage of the procedure. The surgeon had to reopen Trey's chest to clean out the infection, but his heart hasn't recovered. His doctors decided that Trey's heart function was too weak and informed the Hindmans that Trey's best chance to live was a heart transplant.

Now the family is mired in a waiting game to see if a heart will become available. It has been mentally and emotionally taxing on the family.

"Tabatha's not very emotional, but she's exhausted," Long said. "They've tried to raise Trey just like a normal kid, give him the most normal life they can. But they're exhausted. It's financially draining. Luckily they have family. One of Mark's sisters was able to quit her teaching job, so she stays in Tyronza and helps with the other two boys. Mark owns his own business. He repairs big trucks, body work and stuff, so he can't not work. Tabatha works as a nurse and she carries the insurance, so she has to work full-time, which is difficult since when Trey was put into Children's he has to stay there until he gets a new heart."

The Hindmans have struggled and need help with the medical bills. An account has been opened for donations to help the family. People interested in donating can mail checks to: First Delta Bank, Special Account for Trey Hindman, P.O. Box 635, Marked Tree, AR 72365-0635.